Clothes-line hook and fastener.



H. ROBINSON.

CLOTHES LINE HOOK AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR-25.1914.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916 'rnn STATES Parana" @FFEQE.

HOLT ROBINSON, F BRADFORD, ENGLAND.

CLOTHES-LINE HOOK AND FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, How Roismsorna 7 subject of the King ofGreatBritain, and

resident of 75 Harewood street, Bradford, in the county of.YorkfEngland, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement inClothes-Line Hooksand Fasteners, of which the following description,wherein reference is made in the accompanying sheet of drawings, is aspecification.

My invention relates tothe class or kind of hook or fastener forsecuring clothes lines, cords, small ropes and the like, for well knownpurposes; which consists of a rotary member mounted upon a binding orsupporting nail or spindle which may be driven into or secured upon awall; post,

or the like, and my said invention consists in forming said rotarymember of such a character or shape as will permit the cord or the liketo be wound upon its hub part, while appropriate inclined projectingpieces which extend from radiating arms on said hub part, receive thecord in such a manner that the tension thereon causes said cord to jamor become wedged firmly in the narrow spaces that exist between the hubpart and the proj ections.

The formation of the rotary member with the parts described althoughfirmly securing the cord or the like, willreadily permit the detachmentof same from its grip when" the tension of said cord is removed] I Incarrying my invention into effect I make use of the devices illustratedin the accompanying sheets of drawings where- Figures 1 and 2representrespectively a My device consists of a rotary member having acentral hub a of cylindrical form Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed April 25, 1914. Seria1ITo.834,386.

with an opening I) for the reception of the common nail c or screw cl sothat when said na1l-or screw is inserted therein same may be driven intoa post or a wall or other part that may be found desirable to mount sameupon. From the hub a are the radiating arms 0, c with claws f and frespectively. These claws are made of tapering shape so that the spacesbetween their outer ends and the hub a are greater thanare the spacesbetween the inner ends of same and said On a cord, as g, being made totake into said spaces as when it is wound around the hub a and crossedupon itself, the pull on said cord 9 has the effect of wedging its innercoil 9 by the outer coil 9 between the prongs f and f and the hub a sothat the cord 9 is thereby secured and firmly held. No knots or otheradditional devices are necessary for securing said cord, since thegreater the strain thereon the firmer will be the gripping actions ofthe parts described. The member a is free to rotate around the circularshank of its support, in

. order that the cord, or the like, may be applied thereto irrespectiveof the position of said member. l

Such being the nature and object of my said invention, what I claimis 1. hook or fastener of the character described comprising asupporting member,

.and a hubrotatably 'mounted upon said supporting member and providedwith claws spaced therefrom and extending ap proximately paralleltherewith.

2. A hook or fastener of the character described comprising a supportingmember, and a hub rotatably mounted upon said supporting member andprovided at one end with radiatingarms having tapered claws extendingapproximately parallel. with said In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOLT ROBINSON. Witnesses: n

NEWTON M. BROWN, SAMUEL HEY.

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